Apparently to win the Miss America pageant these days you have to support gay marriage. Well at least that’s some would have you believe as the concept of open mindedness has become grossly twisted. You would think (and some would really love for you to believe) that to be an open minded person you have to be in favor of homosexuality as a common practice in our society. If people don’t share your “open minded” support for homosexuality then they should be criticized, outcast and robbed of opportunity. Doesn’t sound very open minded at all to me and if that’s the understanding society is looking for then count me out.
Never have we seen a stronger example of this mentality nor a bigger display of ignorance than what we saw Sunday night at the Miss America pageant. Miss California, Carrie Prejean, was asked by celebrity judge Mario Lavenderia AKA Perez Hilton her opinion on same sex marriage. To her credit, Prejean spoke her honest opinion based on her personal morals and convictions when she just as easily could have been phony by giving the company line and most likely would have been crowned Miss America.
Lavenderia responded the next day with an immature and ignorant rant the next day slamming Prejean and calling her derogatory names. He went on to say in a video post on his blog that she didn’t lose because of her answer to his question but that she lost because she was a, “stupid b&*#h!” Really? People like this are judging the most prestigious beauty pageant in America? Is there any doubt that Prejean was scored by a judge who was clearly biased against her? This is a young woman who was asked her opinion, gave her answer and then was persecuted for it right before our very eyes. The most disturbing thing to come from this wasn’t Prejean’s actions but rather Lavenderia’s support of this sickening mindset that everyone has to agree with your lifestyle and think the way that you think or they should be treated like trash.
Political correctness has now reached a new low. It is no longer acceptable to respectfully speak your opinions and convections if they are based on the principles found in the Bible while those who oppose a strong moral stance are free to spew hate and vengeance in their opposition and feel that they are in the right. The church is viewed as an enemy to society because its views on Godliness and righteousness are opposite to the societal teachings of morality. Over the last three decades we’ve seen the role of God removed from the family unit, the Holy Word of God rewritten and the office of the minister of God perverted. At the same time we’ve seen the morality rate of our nation strongly decline. The divorce rate in America has risen along with the number of unwed pregnancies, extramarital affairs along with crimes that are sexual in nature. Yet no one wants to give any credence to the thought the decline of our nation is related directly to the decline of our religion. Paul warned of this in his second letter to Timothy.
2 Timothy 4:3 (New International Version)
3For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
Do you see that? The issue here isn’t same sex marriage. It is much deeper than that. The issue we’re facing is the ignorant ideology that you don’t have the right to speak your convictions and that the majority of the people stand against those who hold to a biblical concept of morality.
According to FoxNews.com, Scott Ihrig, a gay man, who attended the pageant with his partner was quoted, "I think it's ridiculous that she got first runner-up. That is not the value of 95 percent of the people in this audience. Look around this audience and tell me how many gay men there are."
Go back and look at that video. Listen to the applause when Prejean shares her opinion. Does that really sound like just 5% of the audience to you? If what Ihrig said was true then that was an extremely quiet 95%. I didn’t hear booing or opposition but rather support. In fact, the state of California collectively support’s Prejean’s stance and they proved that at the election polls in November.
Carrie Prejean is a hero in my opinion for saying what she truly felt and not what those with itching ears wanted to hear. Thank you, Carrie for not conforming yourself to the pattern that the world tells you that you must conform to but rather standing strong in a difficult situation and holding fast to your convictions.
